ORDER GRANTING SUREWEST TELEPHONE AND SUREWEST TELEVIDEO'S MOTION TO SEVER AND TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the unopposed motion of Defendants SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo (collectively, "SureWest") to sever and to transfer venue to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Mot., Sept. 10, 2014, ECF No. 25. SureWest moves to sever the claims against it from this case and to transfer venue of those claims to the Central District of Illinois pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 and 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Plaintiff and the remaining two Defendants, Pacific Bell Telephone Company and Verizon California, Inc., do not oppose SureWest's Motion. See ECF No. 32. In addition, all parties to this action ask that the Court decide the instant motion forthwith without oral argument. Id. Having reviewed the motion and related documents, and by stipulation of all parties, the Court finds the matter suitable for decision on shortened time and without oral argument pursuant to Local Rules 144(e) and 230(g). Therefore, the October 16, 2014, hearing date for this motion is hereby VACATED.

For the reasons set forth in SureWest's Motion, the Court agrees that the Central District of Illinois is a more convenient forum for adjudication of Plaintiff's claims against SureWest. For good cause shown, the Court hereby GRANTS SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo's Unopposed Motion to Sever and to Transfer Venue to the Central District of Illinois.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff Sprint Communications Company L.P.'s claims against Defendants SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo are hereby SEVERED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21;

(2) It is further ORDERED this case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division, as to Defendants SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo only. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to take all steps necessary to effectuate this transfer; and

(3) After the transfer of the SureWest Defendants as set forth above, Sprint Communications Company L.P. SHALL REMAIN the Plaintiff and Verizon California, Inc. and Pacific Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T California, SHALL REMAIN the Defendants in this action in this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.